Macro News
European Elections: For the first time since the inception of the European Parliament, the two centre parties - the European People Party ((EPP)) and Socialists and Democrats (S&D) - have lost their combined majority on the back of a strengthening nationalist, liberal and green groups. While the EPP and S&D parties lost 39 and 36 seats, respectively, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and European Greens saw a significant increase in seats, up 39 and 17. Far-right group Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) had the second largest gains of